This is always spam or phishing. It happens when someone else's machine has gotten a virus that grabs all their contact addresses... or when a spammer gets your address from somewhere online... and the spammer "forges" your address as the sender. I just delete. If I click spam and it empties the spam folder with my own address as sender, I have always wondered if my address would be later deemed as "spam". As well, I'm not sure how postmasters deal with it when a User complains their own email was forged as sender. Judy On 8/8/08, [email protected] <[email protected]> wrote: > I have just received an e-mail with my e-mail address as the return address. > I have not opened it as it appears to be a porno e-mail. How does this > happen and do I just put it in my spam folder? Or do I report it or forward it > to AOL? > > Cynthia

It's amazing what those clever spoofers out there can do. As it is generally a one time event with the originator, all one can do is delete spoofed mail. As the spoofed e-mail address is your very own e-mail address, certainly you don't want to report your address to AOL as a spammer. While doing web page design, I discovered that I could design a form that sent guest information to any address, and any "from" address could be inserted. I had a lot of fun with that. I sent e-mail to my brothers from President Bush with his correct e-mail address, congratulating them how nice their front yards looked when the presidential motorcade happened to drive by their house, and other silly stuff. So it's pretty easy to spoof e-mail addresses. Woody ================== On 8/8/08, [email protected] <[email protected]> wrote: > I have just received an e-mail with my e-mail address as the return address. > I have not opened it as it appears to be a porno e-mail. How does this > happen and do I just put it in my spam folder? Or do I report it or forward it > to AOL? > > Cynthia